Rewire with Susan
Rewire with Susan
Susan Adelokiki
Are you a newbie in software development and sometimes feel lost? Or are you a non-technical manager of developers and finding it difficult to navigate some of the conversations in your team? You are in the right place! Here, we simplify topics in software development and share tips to help build a career in technology
Season Finale: Quick Recap
0:16 - Welcome welcome! 0:23 - Time to say bye to this season 0:41 - Subscribe to my Youtube channel Catch up on my WWC talk on Women who code Youtube channel 1: 14 - Episode 1 recap 1:26 - Episode 2 recap 2:10 - Episode 3 recap 2:24 - Episode 4 recap 2:46 - Episode 5 recap 3:05 - Episode 6 recap 3:31 - Episode 7 recap 3:55 - Episode 8 recap 4:26 - Episode 9, 10, and 11 recap 5:02 - Episode 12 recap Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Tiktok, and In...
May 31, 2022
6 min
Dev Chat: GETTING PAST MY FEAR AND LANDING MY DREAM JOB with Adora Nwodo(Cloud Engineer, Microsoft)
00:14 - Introducing Adora 1:10 - The Inspiration behind the name "Big Nenz" 3:30 - How Adora got into tech 25:33 - Startup vs FAANG 26:21 - What Adora would do differently as a newbie 27:33 - Worst advice Adora has gotten 29:25 - How Adora deals with imposter syndrome 34:16 - About Adora's book 35:51 - Top 3 things Adora finds fascinating 39:50 - Adora's last words Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Tiktok, and InstagramSusan's Y...
May 24, 2022
41 min
HANDLING CONFLICTS IN A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAM - PART 3
00:26 - Welcome! Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of this series 1:14 - Check out my Youtube 2:30 - Create a safe place 2:57 - Face the problem and not the person 5:07 - Encourage dialogue and feedback 6:06 - Don't hesitate in identifying where you might have done things better 7:38 - Be respectful 8:54 - Sometimes sugar coat, sometimes, no coat Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Tiktok, and InstagramSusan's Youtube Email [email protected] Also, feel free...
May 17, 2022
13 min
HANDLING CONFLICTS IN A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAM - PART 2
0:24 - Welcome newcomers and OGs 1:31 - Review of last week's episode. Listen to Part 1 of this series here 2:05 - Check out my Youtube 2:16 - Register for ConnectRecharge here 3:01 - Ways to resolve conflicts in software engineering teams 3:37 - Detect them early 4:59 - Bring up the conversation(technical debate) to a bigger group 6:01 - Hop on a call instead of being a keyboard warrior 7:41 - Involve your manager 8:35 - Bring in leadership/HR 9:37 - Say goodbye Social media Rewir...
May 10, 2022
11 min
HANDLING CONFLICTS IN A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAM
0:25 - Welcome 0:36 - Gist about my bae-cation 1:58 - "Hilarious" response on Quora about handling conflicts in software engineering teams 3:23 - Forms of software engineering team conflicts 5:30 - Benefits of conflicts 6:58 - Pull requests as a major source of conflict 9:38 - Not being aligned with team standards as a cause of conflict 10:01 - Deciding on the app's architecture Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Tiktok, and InstagramSusan's Youtube Email he...
May 3, 2022
13 min
Dev Chat: WORK-LIFE BALANCE AS A PROGRAMMER with Emeka Ashikodi (Software Engineer, The Zebra)
0:24 - Welcome and Introducing Ashikodi 1:23 - How Ashikodi got into tech 2:11 - What work-life balance means to Ashikodi 5:04 - Is work-life balance really a thing? 12:34 - Some signs of burnout 13:15 - What ways can perfectionists get past always getting burnt out? 17:13 - How Ashikodi would identify a team member who is burnt out and how to handle the situation? 20:05 - How do you ensure you meet up with your goals while making sure an area of your life is not suffering? 21:16 - Mo...
Apr 19, 2022
27 min
Dev Chat: BUILDING A STARTUP IN NIGERIA AS A PROGRAMMER with Chijioke Ndubisi(Founder, Remote Africa)
0:24 - Welcome and Introducing Chijioke 1:37 - How CJ got into tech 7:31 - How his CS degree helped him as a Programmer 9:24 - The point where CJ decided to start building a product 12:40 - How he found the courage to start building full-time with no "backup plan" 14:46 - First challenges encountered when Remote Africa started 19:00 - How he finds the fine balance between low-level processes and managing big picture stuff 27:15 - CJ's advice for developers with an entrepreneurial strea...
Apr 12, 2022
48 min
Dealing with Imposter Syndrome (Rerun of Season 2, episode 14)
0:26 - Welcome, Tolu and Stephen!! 0:52 - About Tolu 1:17 - About Stephen 2:04 - What is Imposter Syndrome? 2:31 - Tolu's first encounter with Imposter Syndrome in tech 4:12 - Stephen's experience with Imposter syndrome in tech 7:31 - Signs that make you identify that you have imposter syndrome 13:41 - Different perceived expressions of the imposter syndrome 19:12 - How can you deal with imposter syndrome? 27:31 - Tolu's interest in Krav Maga 29:58 - Stephen's "pa...
Apr 5, 2022
41 min
SURVIVING LEGACY CODE
Book free mentorship sessions here 00:21 - Welcome welcome! 1:21 - Assumptions about legacy code writer 2:05 - Reasons for changing software 3:18 - Things to keep in mind when making the bold changes Take ownershipVisit code documentation and code commentsAdd tests before making changesAsk for helpKnow when to say goodbyeSocial media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Youtube, and InstagramEmail [email protected] Also, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback...
Mar 28, 2022
7 min
WRITING JAVASCRIPT LIKE A PRO
Book free mentorship sessions here 00:27 - Welcome ! 1:05 - console.time() and console.timeEnd() 3:18 - Asynchronous Javascript 5:27 - Destructuring 6:45 - Numbers to String and String to Numbers 7:48 - Short circuit conditionals 9:36 - Sets 10:12 - Equality Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Youtube, and InstagramEmail [email protected] Also, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback here Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rewirewithsusan) ...
Mar 22, 2022
12 min
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